Bullet Failure?

[mtmuley]

Just checked that conversation, makes me want to leave a bit more clearance in the mag in my load development.

And that clearance isn't just unique to Hammers. mtmuley

 

[mevertsen]

And that clearance isn't just unique to Hammers. mtmuley

I've beat up many soft points as well.

 

[Caseknife]

And that clearance isn't just unique to Hammers. mtmuley

Have always worked on the premiss that just leave enough room so the rounds won't bind, not giving enough thought to damage to tips under recoil. Will have to rethink my process.

 

[Dan-06]

For me I have found that coppers have been more problematic. Those federal trophy tipped ones seem to be the best of both worlds combined into a single projectile. Not cheap though, but very good.

 

[slatebuilder]

People make way more out of picking a projectile to effectively kill stuff than they need too.

 

[slatebuilder]

Was this a bullet failure or something that just happens? The majority of my hunting has been done with a straight-wall rifle so I don’t have a lot of experience with recovering actual rifle bullets - just shooting them.

This is a Hammer Hunter 143 grain bullet shot out of a .280 AI that hit a cow moose at the base of the ribs. She quartering slightly away and I recovered at the hide on her other side. 85 yards. Chrono’d these rounds at an average of 2995 FPS.

Any input would be great - I’d hate to have to pull the rest of the bullets that I have.

Maybe I missed it somewhere in the thread, but what did the wound channel look like?

 

[PawPawWPG]

Maybe I missed it somewhere in the thread, but what did the wound channel look like?

To be honest I was so excited to have taken a moose that I didn’t inspect it until I found the bullet, and by that time we had it quartered out.

 

[slatebuilder]

To be honest I was so excited to have taken a moose that I didn’t inspect it until I found the bullet, and by that time we had it quartered out.

Understandable